Events

Web Master: Fr Simon Broughton

In a packed St Mary’s Cathedral on 23rd June 2007, Archbishop Patrick Kelly of Liverpool ordained Simon Broughton as a priest for our Diocese. More than 30 diocesan priests were joined by Simon’s friends and staff from Ushaw College including the President, Mgr Terry Drainey, who presented Simon to the Archbishop for ordination. Read article here.

On Tuesday 2nd October Rev Len Collings, Principal Chaplain at St Mary’s College, and two of the College’s students, Sarah Walkington and Francis Rowney, took part in the Holocaust Educational Trust to Auschwitz. Here Rev Len shares his thoughts on this traumatic experience. Read article here.

A prayer for deep conversion, Come down O love divine, formed the space for this ordination of Terence Drainey. ‘O let it freely burn….true lowliness of heart…and o’er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing’. Read article here.

Over the last couple of months I have passed through a rainbow of emotions – from the darker hues of apprehension and genuine fear to the brighter colours of joy, happiness and exhilaration. I am so grateful to all those who have walked with me through all this... Read article here.